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I used to think a torque wrench was just for the big bolts until a job in Boise.
I was doing a quick turn on a King Air in Idaho, and the cowling started rattling like crazy after takeoff because I'd just hand-tightened the small fasteners. We had to turn back, and I found three of them had worked loose, which was a real eye-opener. What's the smallest fastener you guys actually break out the torque wrench for?
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seanlee3d ago
Hand-tightened on a King Air? (Wow.)
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rileyp493d ago
That's the kind of thing that makes you double-check every pre-flight. Saw a Cessna 172 once where a fuel cap was just sitting there, not even finger-tight. Makes you wonder what else gets missed when the simple stuff is wrong. Basic checks exist for a reason, and that's a scary skip on any plane, big or small.
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the_adam2d ago
How many times do we see this in regular jobs too? People skip the basic steps because they seem too simple, and that's usually where the big problems start. It's a human thing, not just a pilot thing.
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